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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blazniti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Causative denominal verb from *blaznь (“bait”) + *-iti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleǵ- (“to strike”)
Verb
*blaznìti[1][2]
- to lure, to seduce
Inflection
Conjugation of *blazniti, *blazni, *blaznitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *blazňenьje | *blazniti | *blaznitъ | *blaznilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *blazňenъ | *blaznimъ |
| Active | *blazňь | *blaznę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *blaznixъ | *blazni | *blazni | *blazňǫ | *blazniši | *blaznitь |
| Dual | *blaznixově | *blaznista | *blazniste | *blaznivě | *blaznita | *blaznite |
| Plural | *blaznixomъ | *blazniste | *blaznišę | *blaznimъ | *blaznite | *blaznętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *blazňaaxъ | *blazňaaše | *blazňaaše | — | *blazni | *blazni |
| Dual | *blazňaaxově | *blazňaašeta | *blazňaašete | *blaznivě | *blaznita | — |
| Plural | *blazňaaxomъ | *blazňaašete | *blazňaaxǫ | *blaznimъ | *blaznite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*blaznivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *blaznь (“bait”)
- *sъblaznь (“temptation”)
- *blaznъ (“seductive”)
- *blaznьnъ (“hesitating”)
- *blaznivъ (“flattering”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: блазни́ть (blaznítʹ)
- Ukrainian: блазни́тися (blaznýtysja, “to make fun of”)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: блазнити (blazniti)
- Bulgarian: бла́зня (bláznja)
- Macedonian: блазни (blazni)
- Serbo-Croatian: blazniti
- Slovene: blaznẹ́ti (ě-stem)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bláznit
- Polish: błaźnić
- Slovak: blázniť
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: błazniś
- Upper Sorbian: błaznić
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “соблазн”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blazněti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 103
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “блазня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 53
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “blaznjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b forføre (PR 137)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “blázen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*blazni̋ti”